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Comparing 2024 political party platforms for the UK general election
19/6/2024
8 min read
Feature
The principal UK political parties have published their manifestos (except the SNP, at time of writing) ahead of the UK general election on 4 July. Their positions on key energy topics are summarised by New Energy World’s Senior Editor Will Dalrymple.
Of course it’s impossible to know how any new government would actually behave once in power but, as far as the manifestos go, the main parties seem to differ on the speed of the UK’s energy transition, whether to revoke existing oil and gas licences and whether to end or extend the oil and gas windfall tax. The smaller parties have their own specialist agendas and Plaid Cymru is, understandably, mainly batting for Wales.
Net zero
Conservative (Con): Deliver net zero by 2050. However, a ‘pragmatic and proportionate response’ is proposed, which includes a vote in the next Parliament on the next stage of our pathway, to maintain democratic consent.
Labour (Lab): Reach net zero by 2050. Decarbonise electricity grid by 2030.